Components of the decline in elderly suicide: Suicide among the young-old and old-old by race and sex

References

• National Center for Health Statistics . 1983 . Advance report of final mortality statistics, 1980 . Monthly Vital Statistics Report , 32 ( 4, Suppl. )
   Google Scholar
• Resnik , H. L. P. and Cantor , J. M. 1970 . Suicide and aging . Journal of the American Geriatrics Society , 18 : 152 – 158 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• U.S. Bureau of the Census . 1972 . Preliminary estimates of the population of the United States, by age, sex, and race: 1970 to 1981 . Current Population Reports , July Series P-25(No. 917)
   Google Scholar
• Neugarten , B. L. 1975 . The future and the young-old . Gerontologist , 15 ( 1, Suppl. ) : 4 – 9 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Butler , R. N. 1975 . Why survive? Being old in America , New York : Harper & Row .
   Google Scholar
• McIntosh , J. L. 1980 . A study of suicide among United States racial minorities based on official statistics: The influence of age, sex, and other variables (Doctoral dissertation, University of Notre Dame, 1980) . Dissertation Abstracts International , 41 : 1135B University Microfilms No. 8020965
   Google Scholar
• National Office of Vital Statistics . 1956 . Death rates by age, race, and sex: United States, 1900–1953: Suicide . Vital Statistics-Special Reports , 43 ( 30 )
   Google Scholar
• Massey , J. T. 1967 . “ Suicide in the United States, 1950–1964 ” . In Vital and Health Statistics Series 20 (No. 5). (Public Health Service Publication No. 1000)
   Google Scholar
• National Center for Health Statistics . Annual volumes of Vital statistics of the United States, Parts I & II (for 1937–1949 data) Volume II (for 1950–1959 data), Volume II-Mortality, Parts A & B (for 1960–1978 data currently). [Prior to 1937, published data for 1900–1936 may be found in Mortality Statistics.]
   Google Scholar
• Grove , R. D. and Hetzel , A. M. 1968 . Vital statistics rates in the United States 1940–1960 , Washington, D.C. : United States Government Printing Office .
   Google Scholar
• U.S. Bureau of the Census . 1965 . Estimates of the population of the United States and components of change, by age, color, and sex: 1950 to 1960 . Current Population Reports , Series P-25(No. 310)
   Google Scholar
• U.S. Bureau of the Census . 1974 . Estimates of the population of the United States, by age, sex, and race: April 1, 1960 to July 1, 1973 . Current Population Reports , Series P-25 (No. 519)
   Google Scholar
• U.S. Bureau of the Census . 1978 . Estimates of the population of the United States by age, sex, and race: 1970 to 1977 . Current Population Reports , Series P-25 (No. 721)
   Google Scholar
• U.S. Bureau of the Census . 1979 . Estimates of the population of the United States by age, sex, and race: 1976 to 1978 . Current Population Reports , Series P-25 (No. 800)
   Google Scholar
• Atkinson , J. M. 1978 . Discovering suicide: Studies in the social organization of sudden death , Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press .
   Google Scholar
• Douglas , J. D. 1967 . The social meanings of suicide , Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Sainsbury , P. and Barraclough , B. 1968 . Differences between suicide rates . Nature , 220 : 1252
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sainsbury , P. and Jenkins , J. S. 1982 . The accuracy of officially reported suicide statistics for purposes of epidemiological research . Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health , 36 : 43 – 48 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hatton , C. L. , Valente , S. M. and Rink , A. 1977 . “ Variables in suicide statistics ” . In Suicide: Assessment and intervention , Edited by: Hatton , C. L. , Valente , S. M. and Rink , A. 133 – 138 . New York : Appleton-Century-Crofts .
   Google Scholar
• McIntosh , J. L. 1983 . Elderly suicide data bases: Levels, availability, omissions . Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America . November 1983 , San Francisco.
   Google Scholar
• Busse , E. W. 1974 . “ Geropsychiatry: Social dimensions ” . In Survey reports on the aging nervous system , Edited by: Maletta , G.J. 195 – 225 . Washington, D.C. : United States Government Printing Office . DHEW Publication No. (NIH) 74–296
   Google Scholar
• Holinger , P. C. and Offer , D. 1982 . Prediction of adolescent suicide: A population model . American Journal of Psychiatry , 139 : 302 – 307 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• McIntosh , J. L. , Hubbard , R. W. and Santos , J. F. 1980 . Suicide among nonwhite elderly: 1960–1977 . Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America . November 1980 , San Diego.
   Google Scholar
• Marshall , J. R. 1978 . Changes in aged white male suicide: 1948–1972 . Journal of Gerontology , 33 : 763 – 768 .
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• McIntosh , J. L. and Santos , J. F. 1981 . Suicide among minority elderly: A prelminary investigation . Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior , 11 : 151 – 166 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Murphy , G. E. 1983 . On suicide prediction and prevention . Archives of General Psychiatry , 40 : 343 – 344 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• McIntosh , J. L. , Hubbard , R. W. and Santos , J. F. 1981 . Suicide among the elderly: A review of issues with case studies . Journal of Gerontological Social Work , 4 : 63 – 74 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar